At the exhibition

Posted on July 29, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Burslem School of Art, claustrophobic, Crowd, Exhibition, Fine Art, Hot, Humid, Painting, People, three counties open exhibition, Tired4 Comments

Me with my coast painting at the three counties open. It’s got a red dot ( not on the photo) because it’s sold. I have to day I felt privileged to be amongst such talented artists. There were around 100 pieces of art and maybe 300 people? It was very hot, humid and crowded. We stayed till the speeches were over but then I had to get out.. I felt overwhelmed and claustrophobic. I was ready to run! At one stage a wasp came in the window and I almost knocked a man over trying to dance out of its way! Pirouetting with a glass of wine in one hand and flapping uselessly with the other. I wish I’d worn a mask. Nice to see old friends but after just over an hour we escaped…

Reeds turns into Heron

Posted on July 28, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Bird, Camouflage, Finished, Life, Painting, Plants, transformed4 Comments

Oh my busy hands and brain!

I really must be insane.

Spending hours transforming

Reeds and rough planting

Into old grey Nog

Bean pole legs and yellow beak

Through the vegetation peeks!

Heron WIP

Posted on July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Fine Art, Heron, Life, Nature, Painting, Reeds, Work in progressLeave a comment

I decided to transform the reeds painting, an abstract picture I thought I had finished yesterday. It was a bit abstract but it didn’t fit in with the other paintings I had been doing. What to do? It needed some more colour and a focus. I added glittery, shimmery paint between the reeds to try and make the water behind the reeds stand out. I was thinking of adding a small bird like a Reed Bunting, or a Coot. But in the end I decided on a Heron. The colours fit in, it’s camouflaged but recognisable. This is still a work in progress.

Art for sale

Posted on July 27, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, England, Etruria Industrial museum, Fine Art, Jessie Shirley's bone and flint mill, Painting, Staffordshire, Steam engine, Stoke-on trent6 Comments

I have four new paintings up for sale at Etruria Industrial Museum cafe. This is Etruria, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. This Saturday and Sunday there is a steaming weekend at the Flint mill when the Steam engine that was used to provide power to grind bone and flint to be added to clay to make fine bone china. Come along and see the working steam engine and maybe stop for a cup of tea in the café if you happen to be near Stoke on Trent.

Left over paint

Posted on July 27, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Acrylic on canvas, Art, Fine Art, Nature, Painting, Pattern, ReedsLeave a comment

After completing three paintings in two days I had some left over paint. I started painting stripes and realised that if I added small leaves the picture would look like an abstract view through reeds. I think it looks quite different to the others but I like it.

Industrial Museum

Posted on July 26, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Etruria Industrial museum, Jessie Shirley's bone and flint mill, Painting, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Work in progressLeave a comment

Final work in progress for tomorrow. Its a painting of Jessie Shirleys Bone and flint Mill at Etruria Industrial Museum. Using a similar technique to the other three. I have been working hard on them all.

I sometimes get painting fits where I paint for days. This is one of them. I have an idea in my mind and I want to explore it. I also think it’s the influence of my illustration course I just finished. I have realised I can experiment and come up with more ideas when I’m painting.

Another started

Posted on July 26, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Canada geese, Geese, Painting, Reflections, Style, Texture4 Comments

I’ve been working on another painting today. This one is of a canal view which will have Canada Geese painted on it with their reflections. More muted, but still using the idea of texture and pattern. Mainly purples and greens. Acrylic on canvas.

Finished??

Posted on July 26, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Fine Art, Lake, Landscape, Painting, Style, swirled, Water, Wild flowersLeave a comment

Finished for now. My painting of Westport. I may do a bit more work on the sky. It needs to settle on me. I mean I need to look at it and decide if it needs tweaking. My closest explanation of this style is that it’s like painting through a pane of swirled glass….

Stones

Posted on July 25, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, acrylic on cartridge paper, Art, Imagined, Painting, Sketching, Stones, SundayLeave a comment

Sundays #bandofsketchers prompt was Stones. I thought of drawing one of the members of the Rolling Stones but decided against it. Since I’m using a new sketchbook and I’ve been painting in acrylics this afternoon I decided to conjure up some stones from my imagination using the colours I’ve been using in the paintings.

Finished waterfall..

Posted on July 24, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Colour, Complementary colours, Fine Art, finished painting, Landscape, Painting, Texture, WaterfallLeave a comment

I can’t do more. My brush is wearing out trying to add texture and colour (I exaggerate!) But I need to stop, I don’t want to overdo it. I have plans for a few more in this style. I’m enjoying the challenge of working out how it fits together. Too much texture? Not enough? Are there places where your eye can rest or is it too chaotic? I noticed I was using yellow and purple complementary colours. Can you even tell its a waterfall…. I hope so. Dorothy Clive Garden waterfall in Willowbridge, Staffordshire, England.

Mallaband-Brown

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